Catch-lock for trunks or the like.



D. W. EGGLESTON. CATCH LOCK FOR TRUNKS OR THE LIKE, APPLICATION FILEDSEPI. 25. 1908.

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I A TTORNE Patented Apr. 13,1909.

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.. will! a DAVID W. EGGLESTON, OF TERRYVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

GAICH-LDUK FOR TBUNKS OR THE LIKE.

fl '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID N. lleoLns'ron, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Terryville, in the county of Litchfield andState of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Catch-Lock forTrunks or the Like, of which the following a specification.

My invention relates to the class of devices more especially designedfor securing that will serve as a shield for the regular look.

One form of device embodying in its use the objects above set out isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a view ofthe front meeting edge of the cover and body of a trunk, box or the likewith my improved catch lock in place thereon. Fig. 2 is perspective viewof the lock with parts unfastened and opened out. Fig. 3 is an ec geview of the lock with parts broken away to show construction. Fig. l isan edge view showing the parts partially closed.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 8 denotes a portion of the bodyof a trunk, box or the like, and 9 a part of the cover or lid thereof.

A look plate 10 is secured to the body 8. this plate having at its backa lock (not shown) of any approved form of construc tion, the mechanismof which may be operated as by means of a key inserted through thekey-hole or slot 11.

A hasp plate 12 is secured to the lid or cover, to which a hasp 13 ispivotally attached, these parts it will be understood, being secured tothe front of said lid or cover. A hasp lug lat projects from the back ofthe hasp, and has a lip 15 forming a shoulder with which the lock bolt16 of the lock engages to hold the hasp in its closed or lockedposition. A stud 17 is secured to the hasp plate in position to projectinto a hole 18 in a catch 19.

A casing 20 is secured to the lock plate 10,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 25, 1908.

Patented April 13, 1909.

Serial No. $541,770.

this casing being of any desired form and construction, preferably, andas herein shown, its front surface lying practically in the plane of thefront surface of the catch and sloping gradually to its end and to the nlock plate at which point it secured as by riveting or otherwise to thelock plate. Ears 21 project laterally from the casing and also formmeans of attachment there for to the lock plate as by means of rivets orthe like.

The catch has at or near its end a bar 2 forming one side of an opening23 within which opening the casing 20 lies when the catch is closed (1wn against the lock plate. I This bar projects through openings 2i inthe side of the casing that form a bearing for the catch in its swingingmovement, in the construction herein shown this bar extending entirelythrough the casing. A spring 25 secured within the casing presses uponthe bar which is so constructed that the pressure of the spring willhold the catch open or closed. in the form of construction herein shownthe end of the catch is rounded, which I rounded portion rests againstthe lock plate in the swinging movement of the catch, and the bar 22 hastwofiat surfaces against either of which the spring presses, dependingupon the position of the catch, thus holding it in its open or closedposition. I do not limit myself to this construction, it beingsufficient, that the catch be pivotally mounted upon or adjacent to thelock plate, and the spring may or may not be employed in connection withthe catch. A recess in the back of the catch is bounded by side parts27, cut away as at 28 to receive the cars 21 from the casing, and alsocut away as at 29 to receive the knuckle 30 of the hasp plate.

\Vhile I have shown and described herein the preferred form ofconstruction embodying my invention, it will be understood that thisconstruction may be departed from to a greater or lesser degree and yetembody I W the invention embraced herein.

It will be noted that the construction provides a fastening of very neatappearance. the parts being compact and fitting nicely one within theother, presenting a very pleas- 1 5 ing effect, and at the same timethoroughly protecting the lock and its mechanism.

As the hasp l3 hangs in its natural position, as'shown in Fig. 4c of thedrawin s, it will be seen that in a movement of the catch lid to itsclosed position the hasp will also be moved into position to beautomatically engaged by the bolt 16.

I claim 1. A lock plate having lock mechanism, a cooperating member tobe engaged and held by said lock mechanism, a catch adapted when closedto completely cover and shield said cooperating member, and means toengage said catch and cooperate therewith as a fastening in its closedposition.

2. A lock plate having lock mechanism, a cooperating member to beengaged and held by said lock mechanism, a catch adapted when closed tocompletely cover and shield said coeperating member, and means actingindependently of said cooperating member to engage said catch andcooperate therewith as a fastening in its closed posit-i011.

3. A lock plate having lock mechanism, a hasp to be engaged and held bysaid lock mechanism, a catch adapted when closed to entirely cover andshield said hasp, and means to engage said catch in its closed positionand cooperate therewith as a fastening.

l. A look plate having lock mechanism with a key-hole extendingtherethrough and leading to said mechanism, a hasp to be engaged andheld by said lock mechanism, a catch adapted when closed to entirelyshield and cover said hasp and said key-hole, and means to engage saidcatch in its closed position and cooperate therewith as a fastening.

A. lock plate having lock mechanism, a cooperating member mountedindependently of the lock plate and arranged to be engaged and held bysaid lock mechanism, a catch located to completely cover saidcooperating member and arranged to inclependently support strain tendingto separate parts bearing said lock plate and cooperating member, andmeans to engage said catch in its closed position and cooperatetherewith as a fastening.

6. A lock plate having lock mechanism, a cooperating member to beengaged and held by said lock mechanism, a catch pivoted to the lockplate and acting independently of the lock mechanism to support straintending to separate parts bearing said lock plate and said cooperatingmember, and means to engage said catch in its closed position andcooperate therewith as a fastening.

7. A lock plate having lock mechanism, a hasp plate, a hasp secured tothe hasp plate to be engaged and held by the lock mechanism, a catchpivoted to the lock plate independently of the lock mechanism andarranged to cover and shield the lock plate and thus protect the lockmechanism, and means on the hasp plate to engage said catch in itsclosed position and cooperate therewith as a fastening.

8. A lock plate having lock mechanism and a key-hole extending thereto,a hasp plate, a hasp pivoted to the hasp plate to be engaged and held bythe lock mechanism, a catch pivoted to the lock plate and arranged toentirely cover said hasp and key-hole, and means on the hasp plate toengage the catch when in its closed position and cooperate therewith asa fastening.

9. A lock plate having lock mechanism, a catch mounted on the lock plateand arranged to receive and completely inclose a hasp, a hasp platearranged to engage said catch, and a hasp pivotally secnred'to the haspplate within the boundaries of said catch and arranged to be locked bysaid locking mechanism.

DAVID W. EGGLESTON. lVitnesses ARTHUR B. JENKINS, L. E. BERKOVITQIT.

